South Korean President

January 10, 2025 4:11 PM

South Korean leader’s security chief warns against violent attempts to arrest Yoon

The security chief of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, under investigation for blocking Yoon's arrest, resigned on Friday and said any further efforts to detain the ex-leader must avoid bloodshed. Yoon's short-lived declaration of martial law on Dec. 3 has plunged one of Asia's most vibrant democracies into a period of unprecedented political turbulence. As a top Court deliberates over lawmakers' decision to impeach Yoon, who is holed up at his hillside residence, anti-graft off...

South Korean authorities fail to raid presidential office again, Yonhap says

South Korean investigators probing President Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived martial law declaration failed to gain entry to his office to seek evidence on Tuesday after presidential office security staff denied them entry, Yonhap news agency reported. Yoon was impeached on Saturday over his martial law decree and suspended from his presidential duties. Yonhap said that investigators looking for evidence about the legality of Yoon's martial law decision waited for about seven hours to be let in, bu...